Doug’s fresh, immediate style sits comfortably within the genre of so-called “naïve art", yet there is something about his work that sets it apart from that of his contemporaries. That special spark is difficult to pinpoint – the element of uniqueness that has made him one of the UK’s best-loved artists. The love, joy, affection, humour or sympathy reaches out to us from each individual piece in a way that is almost impossible to resist and has made him one of the most successful artists on the contemporary scene.